| A | B |
|---|
| jovial | full of joy and happiness; merry |
| sallies | a sudden rush forward; a leap; or an assault from a defensive position; a sortie; |
| pagod | an idol (obs) |
| retinue | a servant or attendants |
| cynosure | an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; |
| welkin | the sky; the vault of heaven |
| demur | a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; or to take exception to |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| corpulence | the condition of being excessively fat; obesity |
| decoction | to extract the flavor of by boiling. To make concentrated; boil down |
| rueful | inspiring pity or compassion. Causing or feeling, sorrow or regret |
| treacle | a pale cane syrup; an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental |
| celerity | swiftness of action or motion; speed; haste |
| approbation | an expression of warm approval; praise; official approval. |
| avidity | ardent desire or craving; eagerness. keen interest or enthusiasm |
| unpretentious | lacking pretension or affectation; modest; unostentatious; |
| terraqueous | composed of land and water |
| pristine | remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization; remaining free |
| unadulterated | not adulterated; pure |
| invitiated | not vitiated; pure; not to reduce the value or impair the quality of. Not to |
| fastidious | possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail; |
| insurrections | The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority/gov’t |
| pugnacious | combative in nature; belligerent. Combative in nature; belligerent. |
| plenary | full and complete in every respect; fully attended or constituted |
| parry | to deflect, evade, or avoid |
| iconoclasm | attacking and seeking to overthrow traditional or popular ideas |
| sagacious | having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness |
| averted | turn away ; warded off |
| martial | relating to, or suggestive of war |
| abeyance | temporary inactivity or suspension |
| abrogation | to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
| insatiate | impossible to satiate or satisfy |
| incumbent | imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory; or lying, leaning, or resting on something else:. Currently holding a specified office |
| intrepid | invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
| temerity | foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness |
| paramount | of chief concern or importance; supreme in rank, power, or authority |
| irascibility | a feeling of resentful anger |
| appellation | a name, title, or designation |
| parlance | a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language |
| inimical | injurious or harmful in effect, adverse; unfriendly; hostile |
| pedantic | characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
| essay | an initial attempt or endeavor, especially a tentative attempt |
| phrenologically | of a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties |
| perdue | a soldier sent on an especially dangerous mission |
| chevalier | a French nobleman of the lowest rank |
| dearth | a scarce supply; a lack |
| invidious | of, or being discrimination that arises from the creation of aclassification that is arbitrary, irrational, or capricious, not related to a legitimate purpose |
| culled | to pick out from others; select |
| verity | the quality or condition of being true, factual, or real |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness; eagerness |
| fast | in a secure manner; tightly |
| wizened | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
| sapience | having great wisdom and discernment |
| equivocal | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance |
| ascetic | leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial |
| ursine | of or characteristic of bears or a bear |
| laconically | using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise |
| rattan | a switch or cane made from palms |
| usurping | to take over or occupy without right |
| antipathy | A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance |
| juxtapositioning | The state of being placed or situated side by side |
| dotage | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations |
| lexicon | A dictionary. A stock of terms used in a particular profession,subject, or style; a vocabulary |
| depravity | moral corruption or degradation; moral perversion |
| acerbity | a sharp bitterness: a sharp sour taste; a sharp manner |
| engender | to bring into existence; give rise to; propagate, create |
| innate | inborn, inherent; possessed at birth |
| ineffability | incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable |
| aesthetic | of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| vitriol | bitterly abusive feeling or expression |
| sundry | various; miscellaneous |
| contumelious | rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence. An insolent or arrogant remark or act |
| veracity | Adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
| pabulum | insipid intellectual nourishment; or a substance that gives nourishment; food |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity; wicked |
| tacitly | not spoken but understood; implied by or inferred from actions or statements |
| commensurate | corresponding in size or degree; proportionate; measurable by a common standard |
| castigation | to inflict severe punishment on; or to criticize severely |
| nonplussed | a state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment |
| impestuous | characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate; characterized by undue haste and lack of thought |
| prudence | attentiveness to possible hazard : caution or circumspection as to danger or risk |
